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Green Network INVERCLYDE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014 SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDANCE on THE GREEN NETWORK GREEN NETWORK CONTENTS page page 1.0 Introduction 2 4.0 Delivery of The Green Network 13 • Background • Guidance for Developers • Status of the Guidance • Design Principles • Site Appraisal 2.0 Green Network 3 • Summary • What is a Green Network? • Planning Principles to Deliver the Green Network • Why are Green Networks Important? • Key Functions of the Green Network • The Green Network Hierarchy 3.0 The Inverclyde Green Network 8 • Vision for the Inverclyde Green Network • Policy • Assets • Proposed Green Network Projects in Inverclyde INVERCLYDE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1 GREEN NETWORK 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Guidance is aimed at: Background • Developers and professionals considering new projects; This document sets out the Inverclyde Council requirements for the appraisal • Communities/interest groups considering the impact of a proposed and delivery of green infrastructure and green networks through development development; and management processes. It explains the role of each and seeks to demonstrate how better places can be delivered through the provision of well designed, • Local authority Officers and Councillors considering planning multi-functional and inter-connected networks of open spaces. applications Section 2 describes what a Green Network is along with its key functions while Status of the Guidance section 3 provides information on the existing Green Network assets, the key opportunities for enhancements, and how Inverclyde Council will determine As well as supplementing the LDP, this guidance has been prepared to meet the need for on and off-site contributions to the Green Network. Section 4 of the requirements of Scottish Planning Policy 2014 – the document sets out the approach to consider green networks as part of the site appraisal and design process. This will be used by Inverclyde Council ‘Planning should protect, enhance and promote green infrastructure, to help frame pre-application discussions with developers about their including open space and green networks, as an integral component proposals, while also ultimately providing a framework by which Council staff of successful placemaking.’ will assess the quality of the green network component of planning applications. It will be adopted as statutory Supplementary Guidance under the Planning This document provides guidance to supplement Policy ENV3 - ‘Safeguarding etc (Scotland) Act 2006 when the Inverclyde Local Development Plan is and Enhancing the Green Network’ in the Inverclyde Local Development Plan adopted and will be a material consideration for the Council in the assessment (LDP) 2014. of all planning applications. It is the aim of the Green Network policy to safeguard existing spaces whilst It is intended that this guidance will be used in tandem with other Council also identifying and creating links between spaces, as appropriate documents such as the Council Open Space Strategy, the Core Paths Plan opportunities arise through development. Green or open spaces need to be and Riverside Inverclyde Urban Development Framework (2007), as well as embedded in developments from the outset to ensure that proper attention Scottish Government’s Designing Places and Designing Streets policy is paid to their contribution to the overall area. documents. The Scottish Government has also published Green Infrastructure Design and Placemaking, which also provides good practice examples of The Council’s recognition of the benefits of quality open space (including how to integrate green infrastructure within placemaking. water courses and other bodies of water) in the ongoing regeneration process in Inverclyde will be taken forward through this Supplementary Guidance on Three recent publications dealing with Inverclyde, the ERZ and Ironside Farrar the Green Network. studies on Area Renewal and the Green Network and the Integrated Green Infrastructure (IGI) Design Study for Spango Valley have investigated how to take Green Network opportunities forward in the area. 2 INVERCLYDE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN GREEN NETWORK 2.0 GREEN NETWORK Diagram 1 below shows how individual sites can be used for multiple functions and then in turn how multi-functional sites can be linked with other surrounding What is a Green Network? single use or multi-functional spaces. Green Networks – Connected areas of green infrastructure and open space that together form an integrated and multi-functional network. It comprises DIAGRAM 1 - MULTI-FUNCTIONAL and INTER-CONNECTED SPACES natural, semi natural and man-made green spaces which are linked together to form corridors both within and outwith settlements and to connect the urban area with the surrounding countryside. These spaces and corridors combine to enhance the areas’ biodiversity, increase opportunities for physical activity and provide a good working environment for business investment. Green Infrastructure – Includes the ‘green’ and ‘blue’ (water environment) features of the natural and built environments that can provide benefits without being connected. Green features include parks, woodlands, trees, play spaces, allotments, community growing spaces, playing fields, hedges, verges and gardens. Blue features include rivers, lochs, wetlands, canals, other water courses, ponds, swales, coastal and marine areas including beaches, porous paving and sustainable urban drainage systems. Open Space – Space consisting of any vegetated land or structure, water, path or geological feature within and on the edge of settlements, and civic space consisting of squares, market places and other paved or hard landscaped areas with a civic function. Some spaces may combine green and civic elements. Planning Principles to Deliver the Green Network Central to Green Networks are the core principles of multi-functionality and inter-connectedness. • Multi-functionality is where spaces have the ability to perform several functions and provide several benefits on the same area through the integration of different activities and land uses to maximise efficiency; eg open spaces used as amenity spaces which can also be used for education about the natural environment. • Inter-connectedness, particularly physical inter-connectedness, can enhance public engagement with the natural environment and improve opportunities for biodiversity migration. INVERCLYDE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 3 GREEN NETWORK There are a number of types of spaces and ways in which they can be linked: Stepping Stones Cores / Hubs Glen Street, Greenock Birkmyre Park, Kilmacolm Isolated areas of habitat, between which many plant and animal species can move over short distances. These intermittent spaces such as street trees, roadside verges and private gardens can functionally connect habitats and facilitate movement without the provision of continuous links. Large areas of existing or new green space which already deliver a wide range of Green Network benefits such as parks and school grounds. The aim is Isolated Green Spaces to protect and expand these areas to create new cores /hubs and to develop corridors to link them together. Corridors/ Links Allotments, Greenock Greenock Cut There are always likely to be some isolated green spaces which are difficult to connect. Although of more limited function than interconnected networks of green spaces, they can still provide substantial benefits to local communities. Continuous corridors of green space along roads, rivers, disused and existing railways, paths and cycleways which connect cores/hubs. A key aim is to increase the number, continuity, visual interaction and functionality of these corridors. 4 INVERCLYDE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN GREEN NETWORK Why are Green Networks Important? Key Functions of the Green Network Safeguarding and enhancing the Green Network will also contribute towards The Green Network provides a range of beneficial outcomes: meeting the strategic local outcomes of the Inverclyde Alliance. The Inverclyde Alliance is the Community Planning Partnership for Inverclyde, involving community organisations as well as the voluntary, business and public sectors. It aims to deliver better outcomes for the community by tackling the big issues in Inverclyde through the promotion of partnership working. In 2012, the Inverclyde Alliance Board approved the revised Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) for 2012 – 2017. The SOA identifies 8 strategic local outcomes and sets out the context in which they have been developed, identifying the priorities and issues that affect the lives of the people of Inverclyde. Of particular relevance to the Green Network are Single Outcome Agreement Climate Change (SOA) 4 aimed at improving the health of people in Inverclyde and SOA 7 making Inverclyde a place where people want to live now and safeguarding • Reduction of carbon emissions through provision of non-vehicular the environment for future generations. travel routes for walking and cycling The Green Network is also a means of contributing to the outcomes of the • Effective and efficient means of dealing with surface water and Active Living Strategy for Inverclyde which was approved in March 2013 and flooding through living roofs, large trees and soft landscaping to seeks to encourage the population of Inverclyde to be more active more absorb rainfall often throughout their daily lives. • Reduction in urban heat in the summer and greater shelter in the winter from increased tree canopy cover • Energy savings through natural rather than engineered solutions • Reduction
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